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Retain And Accelerate Army FCS Spin Out, Gates Recommends

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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt Potential sweeping changes in defense priorities would not necessarily change the Army's initial technology spin out of its $160 billion Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program. "We will retain and accelerate the initial increment of the program to spin out technology enhancements to all combat brigades," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said April 6. What that actually means will have to be fleshed out in the fiscal year 2010 budget specifics that will go to Congress sometime in…

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Congress

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Army

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Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

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